Chinese Take Out.

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The world sure is a mixed up place recently. Some official Chinese food for thought deserver its own thread.

Hong Kong migration to Canada soars to levels unseen since 1998, as ‘domino effect’ draws workers, students, returnees

• More than 22,500 Hongkongers received Canadian permanent residency, work or study permits in 2021, up 256 per cent from 2019

• About a third received open work permits created in the wake of the national security law, but data shows the exodus spread to other visa categories

Migration from Hong Kong to Canada has soared to levels not seen since 1998, the year after the city’s handover to China, according to new data.
The exodus from the territory comes after Ottawa set up new exit routes for young Hongkongers in response to the crackdown on anti-government protests in 2019 and Beijing’s imposition of a national security law in 2020.

But the flow of Hongkongers to Canada has cascaded through other immigration and visa categories too, the data shows.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3172326/hong-kong-migration-canada-soars-levels-unseen-1998-domino

China hosts Afghanistan talks as neighbours seek to ease concerns over Taliban

• Region’s countries to gather in Anhui, with Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan facing tensions with new Afghan administration

• Officials from Russia and the US will also share a forum as they join China and Pakistan for a meeting on the sidelines

China will host a series of meetings about Afghanistan on Wednesday, featuring representatives of Russia, the US, the Taliban, and South and Central Asian countries, as it ramps up diplomatic engagement with its troubled neighbour.
The meetings in Tunxi, in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui, will be a rare instance of officials from Moscow and Washington meeting since Russia invaded Ukraine last month.
The Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Yue Xiaoyong, China’s special envoy to Afghanistan, would host counterparts from the United States, Russia and Pakistan for the latest “troika plus” talks.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3172309/china-hosts-afghanistan-talks-neighbours-seek-ease-concerns

 

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How would the world react if Russia launched a nuclear attack?

• • For world leaders, discussions about a nuclear attack are no longer theoretical; In the first hours of Russia’s invasion, Putin spoke about a nuclear arsenal

• • No one can count on calm minds in such a moment, confusion could be rife; Hackers could add to the chaos and the risk of a mistaken launch

Russia’s assault on Ukraine and its veiled threats of using nuclear arms have policymakers, past and present, thinking the unthinkable: How should the rest of world respond to a Russian battlefield explosion of a nuclear bomb?
The default US policy answer, say some architects of the post-Cold War nuclear order, is with discipline and restraint. That could entail stepping up sanctions and isolation for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Rose Gottemoeller, deputy secretary general of Nato from 2016 to 2019.

What would we do if Russia launched a nuclear bomb?

For world leaders, discussions about a nuclear attack are no longer theoretical; In such a moment, confusion could be rife and hackers could add to the chaos and the risk of a mistaken launch.

www.scmp.com

 

[Sir Napsalot]

When it comes to Chinese take-out I always go for extra plum sauce and pancakes with the mu shu pork

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

When it comes to Chinese take-out I always go for extra plum sauce and pancakes with the mu shu pork

you have to try the cream cheese wontons, but get the egg foo yong gravy instead of the sweet and sour sauce, so fucking good

 

[cannabineer]

you have to try the cream cheese wontons, but get the egg foo yong gravy instead of the sweet and sour sauce, so fucking good

I’m a huge slut for a good General Tso’s.

 

[Herb & Suds]

Steak kow or a regional favorite almond chicken

 

[Hollatchaboy]

Mongolian beef for the win.

 

[rkymtnman]

now i'm getting chinese for dinner.

half a roast duck and a large hot and sour soup

 

[cannabineer]

Mongolian beef for the win.

Oh my, old memory. There was a restaurant near where I grew up called the North China. They had a menu item called Shrimp Peking that was oh yes. Shrimp, battered and deep-fried, quenched in a sauce that had much sugar and much garlic. Yummy memories from the 70s.

 

[rkymtnman]

you have to try the cream cheese wontons, but get the egg foo yong gravy instead of the sweet and sour sauce, so fucking good

our place makes crab and cream chz wontons. they are tasty AF

 

[cannabineer]

our place makes crab and cream chz wontons. they are tasty AF

Cream cheese wontons sound sort of Wisconsin to me.

Spell check had “and one one” for wontons

 

[rkymtnman]

Cream cheese wontons sound sort of Wisconsin to me.

Spell check had “and one one” for wontons

how about cheese curd wontons? maybe the start of something huge

 

[cannabineer]

how about cheese curd wontons? maybe the start of something huge

Never had’em. Don’t even know what the west coast calls them.

 

[rkymtnman]

Never had’em. Don’t even know what the west coast calls them.

never had cheese curds? they're squeaky when you eat them

 

[cannabineer]

never had cheese curds? they're squeaky when you eat them

Yeah no! Cultural lacuna. Regional maybe? I grew up in the midLannic.

 

[schuylaar]

I'll leave this here..

Jill Biden's Secret Service detail 'was infiltrated by FAKE agents'

Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36, were taken into custody on Wednesday for allegedly posing as fake Homeland Security officers to ingratiate themselves into the Secret Service.

www.dailymail.co.uk

• Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36, were taken into custody on Wednesday for allegedly posing as fake Homeland Security officers
• The goal was apparently to ingratiate themselves with the Secret Service, though it is unclear what they had hoped to gain from that
• Since 2020, charging documents allege, they supplied Secret Service agents with rent-free luxury apartments, high-end electronics and policing equipment
• In one instance, Taherzadeh even allegedly offered a member of First Lady Jill Biden's security detail with a $2,000 assault rifle
• And in another, they supplied an agent with a penthouse apartment valued at more than $40,000 a year
• Four members of the Secret Service have now been placed on leave as the investigation continues

 

[schuylaar]

how about cheese curd wontons? maybe the start of something huge

They already make them..appetizer menu 'fried cream cheese wontons'.

 

[Friendly_Grower]

It has to have Egg Rolls and Chinese Hot Mustard or I don't eat there.

I love Broccoli Beef., Sweet and Sour ( whatever is fresh)
I like the white rice but will go with what fried rice they have if not.

 

[schuylaar]

It has to have Egg Rolls and Chinese Hot Mustard or I don't eat there.

I love Broccoli Beef., Sweet and Sour ( whatever is fresh)
I like the white rice but will go with what fried rice they have if not.

House mustard and sweet and sour sauce. Ill pay extra.

 

[BudmanTX]

I’m a huge slut for a good General Tso’s.

u to, i love that...they make it at a resturant me and the wife go to....